according to the author, he was directed to senate by trump campaign lawyers and david shafer. >> ands probably one of the most important things the government does, to get an email that says to keep the secret and radar, there is no good motive. >> reporter: he now regrets his part in the scheme. in his opposition to the january 6th committee, he respects expressed regret for his actions. >> we were useful idiots at that point. a strong part of me feels that is just kind of as the road continued and it was failure, failure, that that got formulated as what we had on the table. let us just do it. >> reporter: there is evidence of a larger plan orchestrated by a number of operators in trump's orbit, outside of the state of georgia. much of that late out from another investigation. >> the jerry sixth committee on capitol hill has helped fani willis in her criminal investigation here. >> reporter: according to a final report from the january 6th committee, the motivation behind grading the slate of electors in georgia and other states was to create chaos to persuade mike pence to subvert

one co-defendant david shafer he said in a court filing that he and the other fake electors acted at direction of trump. is that incriminating for the former president if they're saying he told me to do it? >> if they can prove it. because of course the natural retort would be no, i didn't and you can't prove i can. the prosecutors have a burden of proof for showing that every single statement that they're trying to get into evidence can be corroborated. there's credibility attached to it. and one way to undermine someone's credibility in a courtroom is to suggest oh, now you've changed your tune now that you're a co-defendant but you said nothing of the sort before you were actually implicated in the legal sense. so it could be they could prove that aspect of it. but the direction of whom is really why you see the high bond for donald trump compared to the other co-defendants. he is the presumptive wing leader in all this for rico. so if you are the kingpin in all these scenarios then you being able to demonstrate as a lower defendant, so to speak, that the kingpin instructed someth

david shafer, the official in georgia, has removed his case to federal court.ngs and going to have to determine, is that the right thing to do here? do the cases stay in federal court? do they go back to where fani willis wants to try this, in fulton county at this courthouse behind me? and there is a question, what happens with donald trump? all the arguments around this are about these people being somehow connected or protected by the mission of the federal government. things that they were doing either in david shafer's case as an elector, mark meadows, as top officials are working on behalf of the president. but then there is donald trump himself. the president of the united states at that time, and all of them are trying to invoke this clause. this law that allows them to say we would like to take this over to federal court because that is where we can do this, because we were federal officials at the time regarding these allegations that the prosecutors are making here. so how that plays out and what the law is going to be here, we're really in uncharted

one of the attorneys for david shafer was leaving. here is what he had to say. whenever we caught him exiting the courthouse. >> have you been in touch at all with the former president? i take that as a no? >> no. >> reporter: there are several more who have not yet gone through this process yet that we are expecting that they will by friday at noon, to both have their bonds negotiated and arrested and also be arraigned under their pleadings of not guilty. some of those boldface names we're still waiting on, rudy giuliani, sidney powell and others. some of the most prominent attorneys that surrounded themselves or became part of the trump campaign after the 2020 election and were enmeshed in donald trump's administrative activities when he was the president and now have received quite a bit of infamy for what they are accused of doing after the 2020 election. >> and at least one of them saying doing so at the former president's direction. there has been one more effort to move this state case to a federal court. what do we know and what do we know about the pote

is it like, david shafer's got to come out and say something now because we've caught them?xactly what it was. >> what do you make of that narrative now? >> i've never been thrown out of, you know, a meeting in a public legislative space. like that's unheard of. you know, i wasn't being disruptive. they didn't have a good reason to do it. there are no such thing as secret meetings at the state capitol. like, that's just not how things work. >> so does that explanation hold water to you -- >> no. >> -- that we weren't trying to hide anything? >> i think they absolutely were trying to hide something. at least at first. >> reporter: shafer's attorney told cnn that his client did not try to keep things secret. but that claim is contradicted by an e-mail the fake electors received just 18 hours before they met at the capitol. the e-mail, sent by robert sinners, the trump campaign's elections day operations lead in georgia at the time, asked for, quote, complete secrecy and discretion. >> he told them to conceal what they were going to do. >> reporter: the e-mail instructed the fa

major developments today with the expected arrival of rudy giuliani, but it was overnight that david shafer former gop chairman in the state of georgia turned himself in, he was charged and indicted in this case for his role in organizing the trump campaign's slate of fake electors, those 16 individuals tried to subvert the electoral college. shaffer has said in a court filing that he acted at the direction of the incumbent president as well as other federal officials. in addition to shaffer we also saw cathy latham, the former chairman of coffee county's gop party and she was charged in her role of illegal accessing the voting data. she has said she was not personally involved in the breach. we have been talking to defense attorneys in fulton county who tell us their clients in the past who have had bond like these defendants have shown up at this facility and waived their first appearance by signing or agreeing to that bond. at best the process takes hours or at worst it could take several days. these defendants have been in and out in an hour or hour and 15 minutes. the sheriff has said

donald trump certainly knew david shafer.ement to run for the georgia gop chair a few years ago and won by a huge margin because he had donald trump's support. they've appeared on stage together. you know, i'm not really sure about some of the other players in this. shawn still was a secretary. he was an officer in the georgia gop before he was a state senator. he might have run across donald trump at different republican events but he's not someone who donald trump might remember knowing. but certainly david shafer was in that orbit and speaking on stage at donald trump events repeatedly throughout the 2020 cycle. >> of some of the people, harry, who've either asked to have their cases moved to federal court or who asked for a speedy trial, there's one commonality amongst a bunch of them and they talk about how they did what they did at the direction of donald trump. there's this idea that i did not know -- if i was involved in any lawlessness it wasn't at my initiation and maybe i wasn't really clear on that. tell me about

. >> at the head of the table was david shafer, who was the current chair of the gop in georgia. >> reporter in organizing georgia's fake slate of electors by securing the room and convening them at the capitol. according to the indictment, shafer sent a text message to another co-conspirator before the meeting. "listen, tell them to go trait to room 216 to avoid drawing attention to what we are doing," he wrote. >> the fact that they were trying to evade detection maybe demonstrates to you that they knew what they were doing was wrong. and according to the allegations in the indictment, criminal. >> reporter: shafer also served as one of the fake electors. >> afterwards he said he had acted in response to what the trump campaign had told him. >> because the president's lawsuit contesting the georgia election has not been decided or even heard, we held this meeting to preserve his rights. had we not held the meeting, then his lawsuit would effectively be mooted. >> reporter: shafer's attorneys said he broke no laws and was following legal advice when he cast a, quote, contingent ballot for t

this came hours after david shafer and cathy latham turned themselves in. one time trump attorney rudy giuliani says he is heading to atlanta today. >> i'm going to fulton county to comply with the law, which i always do. i'll -- i don't know if i'll plead today, but if i do, i'll plead not guilty and i'll get photographed. isn't that nice? a mug shot for the man who probably put the worst criminals in the 20th century in jail. >> and now a source familiar with his plan says donald trump will travel to georgia tomorrow afternoon and turn himself in tomorrow night. there is also plenty of drama surrounding two other co-defendants. a federal judge in georgia is giving fulton county district attorney fani willis until 3:00 p.m. to respond to motions by former white house chief of staff mark meadows and former justice department official jeffrey clark to stop them from having to turn themselves in by noon on friday. they're trying to get their cases moved from state court to federal court. with us now, blayne alexander in atlanta and joyce vance, former u.s. at

david shafer, a member of the senate on the right accused of taking part in the fake elector scheme.ormer chief of staff mark meadows asked the prosecutor for more time to surrender. she said, no, everyone is being pointed out equally. she pointed out she'd given them two weeks to show up. meadows is trying to get it moved to federal court. trump is facing four different criminal investigations. in that case prosecutor say a worker at mar-a-lago who originally said that trump and others did not try to erase surveillance video changed his story and will testify in court that they did try to alter evidence. >> interesting. >> a lot. >> all these different layers. >> thanks, scott. well, happening tonight in san francisco concerned parents plan to address school board members over the district's reported massive budget deficit. there are big concerns the superintendent is considering closing up to 30 public school, and that decision could come down later this month. right now there are no concrete plans, but district leaders say $6 billion worth of improvements are needed on campuses ci

alleged fake electors david shafer and kathleen also turned themselves in. >>> moving along, the storm system known as harold made landfall weakening to a depression. overnight it did continue to bring heavy rain. >>> the victim of a north carolina home explosion has been identified as robert farley. that's the father of tennessee titans caleb farley. the sheriff's office says there does not seem to be any foul play. caleb was not home at the time. the titans are doing everything they can to support caleb and his family. >>> finally tennis star serena williams and husband alexis sh sh ohanian weekended their beautiful baby girl. the birth of their daughter comes a year after serena's retimer from tennis. i have a feeling we're going to be seeing some family doubles matches in the future. >> i don't know if venus williams has kids but imagine if they played together, how amazing they would be. >> serena has a hot going on. congrats to her. jessica layton, it's always good to see you. nike falls for the nthin straight session. much more "worldwide exchange" coming back right after this.

also surrendering today was georgia republican party chairman david shafer, as well as defendants cathygeorgia, as well as kenneth chesebro, a trump campaign attorney. trump is expected to hand himself in on thursday. this all comes one day after the lawyer who allegedly orchestrated the fake—elector scheme, john eastman, and a georgia bail bondsman scott hall turned themselves along with trump, former new york city mayor giuliani faces the most charges of the 19 co—defendants. his bond was set at $150,000. giuliani was met with a chaotic scene as he was leaving the atlanta courthouse. he called the case "an attack on the american people" and came out strong against fulton county's district attorney fani willis. she has violated people's first amendment right to advocate the government, to persisted the government's over an election they believe was poorly or falsely conducted. people have a right to believe that in america. biden and the biden state doesn't have a right to tell you what the truth is. and one more note from here in milwaukee — there was one candidate who barely made it

2020 and he was vocal about spreading misinformation about voter irregularities and they join david shafer latham. shafer is the former gop head in georgia and was in the fake elector scheme and he said he acted at the direction of donald trump as well as other federal officials and kathy latham, the former chair of the gop who was a fake elector herself and also instrumental in the alleged scheme to access -- illegally access voting data in coffee county. we've been talking to defense attorneys in fulton county and they say that their clients who have bond much like these defendants in this case are treated much differently. earlier i spoke to jimenez who is a defense attorney in a rico case in atlanta right now and i asked him about the treatment of the defendants in the trump sub version case. >> believe they're getting preferential treatment because like any celebrity and any person they cannot be put in general population. you want to get them in and out as fast as possible especially if they have a bond. there are inherent dangers by putting someone famous, a celebrity with general p

earlier this morning former georgia gop chair david shafer and cathy lathem, surrendered to authorities. of course both are accused of taking part in that fake elector scheme in that state. the architect john eastman was also booked in fulton county. his lawyers say it took about an hour and a half for him to go through the booking process and he spoke with reporters outside the jail including our own ali vitali. >> do you think the election was stolen? absolutely still. >> no question. >> and you won't answer on immunity from prosecution? do you think others had a standing on that, people like meadows? >> no comment. >> also booked yesterday atlanta bails bondman scott hail accused of trying to tamper with systems in this state. several others are also expected to surrender today including former trump campaign senior legal advisor jenna ellis. her bond will be set at $100,000. one of the candidates running for president plans to sue the national republican committee for not allowing him to participate in tonight's debate. larry elder says he met the party's requirements and now claims

according to the author of the letter, he was directed to send it by trump campaign lawyers and david shaferne of the most public things that the government does, to get an email from somebody saying keep all this secret and under the radar, there's probably no good motive behind it. it's good evidence of intent. >> reporter: sinners regrets his part in the fake electors scene. in a deposition to the january 6th committee reexpressed regret for his actions. >> we were kind of useful idiots or rubes at that point. you know, a strong part of me really feels that it's just kind of as the road continued and as it was failure, failure, failure, that that got formulated as what do we have on the table. let's just do it. >> reporter: there is evidence of a larger plan orchestrated by a number of operatives in trump's orbit outside of the state of georgia. much of that laid out from another investigation. >> the january 6th committee on capitol hill has really helped fani willis in her criminal investigation here. >> reporter: according to a final report from the january 6th committee, the motivatio

david shafer, you mentioned him a moment ago. former gop georgia chairman -- he is trying to make the same claim by saying, well, i was just doing what i was hearing from the top. the bottom line is, he would love to join them in migrating over to federal court. but this question is, does that take everybody else with him or not? why would they want to do that? there are several reasons. number one, trump's strategy, it slows everything down. any time you do anything in this case, is going to slow down. all these people, all these lawyers, a lot of these are going to get slow down. that's one of the slowing things. potentially more sympathetic jurors -- and debate about this -- with the notion being that if you brought on the jury pool in a federal hearing, further beyond fulton county, beyond atlanta, which will lean so much more blue, you might get some more trump sympathetic jurors in their. and there are no fans oral cameras in federal courts. -- appear on tv day after day and -- accused of things. and maybe some more legal a

both david shafer, one of the georgia fake electors. and jeffrey clark, trump's former doj lawyer.oth of them are also trying to get this case moved to federal court. part of clark's reasonening for moving the case to federal court and avoiding an arrest in atlanta was that clark should not be required to book a flight to georgia under such extreme time pressure. now, it took us about 15 seconds to find a flight from d.c. which is where jeffrey lives to the city of atlanta. he could fly american airlines tomorrow for $260. for jeffrey clark, a former partner at a major law firm, that does not seem like a great excuse to skirt arrests, but these days who knows what mr. clark's finances are like. mr. meadows lawyers put it more bluntly writing prompt action is needed to spare mr. meadows the burden and cost of defending himself in state court. what is becoming increasingly clear here is that the legal bills in this case could be staggering, and it is unclear for whom mr. trump is willing to open up his piggy bank. today we saw the first of trump's 18 codefendants in this case turn th

david shafer and kathy latham, who served as fake electors.dy giuliani. he was seen a second chance shortly after he surrendered at the fulton county jail on wednesday. i'm now joints tonight by dino, the owner and ceo of a second chance beltline who was had quite a week. you personally walked to giuliani into the jail. i imagined you probably can't do that for all of your clients. walk us through what that was like. >> thank you for having me on this evening. i appreciate it. it's been a wild ride for the last week. essentially, we had to coordinate everything for mayor giuliani due to the nature of this case. >> to giuliani himself call you? this someone who works on his team call you? how does this get started? >> so, normally, it goes to the attorneys. we have a lot of great relationships with attorneys across the u.s. this one somewhat landed in her lap and they trusted us. >> he came with the former new york city commissioner, police commissioner bernie kerrick. he had a georgia attorney on the ground, right? i mean, did you ever think t

so david shafer who is one of the georgia electors, he actually came out and said, oh, we were ordereddo this by the trump team. i mean, you see divergents of interest. it's not simply they're thinking of saving themselves, but they're doing it at the expense of trump, which is what they understandably think fulton county is looking for. so, it's going to be hard to know the individual strategies of everyone, but it points in a very favorable dynamic for -- this is how you make cases. this is where prosecutors want to be with everyone scared and looking. and by the way, they tell them, you better come in soon because if not, somebody else will to make cases against higher ups. it doesn't get any higher, just as you say. even in bail. that's a loosest mags of their overall guilt. >> luke, there is some evidence that you're starting to see people -- starting to fray at the edges of trump world. we have already seen the i.t. guy, tavara who got his own lawyer. he actually is using a federal pro bono lawyer, right? and he said, you know what, he flipped. and so you're starting to see there

authorities releasing giuliani's mug shot alongside several others, including former georgia gop chair david shafer and former trump attorney sidney powell and john eastman, who is accused of designing and pushing a legal strategy in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results confident. >> the law is faithfully applied in this proceeding, all of my co-defendants and i will be fully vindicated. each defendant listed in the georgia election case was given until this friday to surrender to fulton county authorities. >> this week, former white house chief of staff mark meadows and trump justice department official jeffrey clark. >> asked a judge to block their arrest in fulton county as their legal teams attempt to move the case to federal court, hoping to avoid that friday booking deadline. a georgia judge on wednesday denied that request. >> a state senator from los angeles county has introduced the first bill calling on the state to get the ball rolling on reparations for descendants of black american slaves. it's the first such bill since the state task force submitted its recommendations to

someone who is ripe to cooperate against him so it keep your enemies closer and just today also david shafer from georgia pointed the finger at the trump team saying that they ordered georgia folks to do it so you are getting the dynamic that fani willis want when you have multiple defendants possibly come apart from one another. >> chris: let's talk about if he breaks the agreement. is the penalty just potentially $200,000? he could send out emails saying look, they took my bond money, send me more money and he gets double or triple that. is that what is at play here? >> not at all. he is being released. he is getting the benefit of continued liberty in return for certain commitments he's made. he signed this piece of paper saying he will not do those things so on the one hand the table is set perfectly for a judge to say you violated your agreement and if it were anyone else they would be going to jail and of course with trump is an extraordinarily delicate and fraught question whether to exercise that power, but the power is simply not to forfeit the $200,000. that's incidental. the power

they, that have been indicted including john eastman and david shafer, they were all present and accountedhey were moving it along. they were doing the overt acts, and not only that, they got called on camera. it is one of those things where thank goodness that did happen. because, of course, they would be saying that it didn't if we didn't have video proof of it. and it's one of those things where, i even went back the other day and i watched the seven-hour hearing that i was in. i was just absolutely dumb-founded and a little bit angry that they thought they could get away with that. >> lieutenant duncan, as we watch on the right side of the screen, the police car is flashing sirens at bedminster, new jersey. we anticipate former president trump will be leaving his golf club in new jersey on his way at any moment now. we'll tell if you he's in one of those cars. this motorcade certainly looks like the one donald trump would be in. what can you tell us? >> reporter: they are on their way -- [ inaudible ] you can see the ambulance. this is what has been happening when he's been going to hi

and last night, fulton county da fani willis indicted three of georgia's state electors -- david shaferhese three are facing 26 criminal charges, including forgery, making false statements, and violating georgia's rico statute. those georgia fake electors are now part of a club that includes michigan's 16 fake electors, who are clergy charged by that states attorney general last, month which begs the question, are we reaching a sort of critical mass that is needed for more states to try these people in earnest? in arizona, state attorney general chris mays, a democrat who took office this january -- she is currently investigating best groups states group of fake electors, and other thwarted attempts to flip the vote to trump. you might remember former arizona house speaker rusty bowers who, like raffensperger down in georgia, defied trump's pressure to reverse biden's victory. we asked attorney general kris mays office for an update on that investigation and we received no comment. joining me now to discuss all this is our not-so-secret are not so secret weapon rubin. lisa, this is some

here at this time, but in the middle of the morning, there was also former georgia gop chairman david shafer who appeared before the jail as well as kathy latham who was one of the individuals alleged to have allowed contractors to come in and tamper with voting machines here. so this is a fast-moving process. we also know that donald trump not only is expected to come tomorrow, but we don't expect him to come until later tomorrow night, you know, well into the evening closer to sundown here at the jail. this is a process in which we still expect donald trump to go through the typical process that other defendants have, which would include fingerprinting, potentially even a mug shot, each of the defendants that have come in so far have had to go through that process. this is still very much an active scene in the heart of atlanta. >> and cynthia, out of everyone who's in trump's inner circle, giuliani has debatedly suffered the worst fall from grace. reportedly had to are travel to bedminster to ask trump for money to cover legal fees. what do you make of his role as this trial gets underway

authorities releasing giuliani's mug shot alongside several others, including former georgia gop chair david shaferidney powell and john eastman, who is accused of designing and pushing a legal strategy in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results confident. >> the law is faithfully applied in this proceeding, all of my co-defendants and will be fully vindicated. each defendant listed in the georgia election case was given until this friday to surrender to fulton county authorities. >> this week, former white house chief of staff mark meadows and trump justice department official jeffrey clark. >> asked a judge to block their arrest in fulton county as their legal teams attempt to move the case to federal court, hoping to avoid that friday booking deadline. a georgia judge on wednesday denied that request. >> it's 9.53 in coming up on the kron. 4 morning news. the next hour. we're going to hear more from the bay area student who is organizing efforts to help the people on maui recover. >> 9.55. to time in the north bay. peacocks are pretty. they're nice to look but if you have too many of th

co-defendants, former justice department lawyer jeffrey clark and former georgia republican party chair david shaferled paperwork to transfer the case to federal court. donald trump says he'll surrender thursday. a new un report paints a grim picture of the situation in afghanistan since the taliban took over. it found that more than 200 former afghan officials and security forces have been killed by the taliban in the last two years. the un documented over 800 cases of serious human rights violations. the taliban mostly targeted members of the former army, police, and intelligence forces. the fukushima nuclear power plant will start releasing treated radioactive wastewater into the pacific ocean as early as thursday. the japanese government says it's essential so they can keep cleaning the facility. the water has been accumulating since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami caused nuclear meltdowns at the plant. an executive in charge of the release said safety is their highest priority. >> staying on our guard, we will promptly proceed with the preparations for the release. we have decided to start by d

meanwhile, former georgia republican party chair david shafer, he's looking for blockers, claiming he was just acting at the direction of then president donald trump. i'm joined now by a pair of former federal prosecutors who between them were part of the watergate and january 6th investigations on capitol hill, nick akerman and tim dahio agago williams. with meadows and jeffrey clark both trying to make this push from state court to federal court, we know what their end game is, but if they're successful does that mean the entire case could potentially move there? >> you would only move those particular defendants who asked for removal. so for example, if the court allowed for mark meadows or jeffrey clark to be removed to federal court, the remaining defendants would stay. one thing i would note that jeffrey clark could be looking to do is not necessarily aim for dismissal but it's for separation because if jeffrey clark moves his case to federal court he could have a trial by himself, which i think would dilute some of the power of the rico case that fani willis has put together be

also involved is former georgia gop chair david shafer. he played a key role in the fake electors scheme. he told the house select committee that trump himself directed that scheme, also testified before that grand jury now considering these charges against trump, potential charges. finally, those fake electors we've been talking about, these are folks, 16 gop activists who attempted to subvert the electoral college, in effect the electoral votes that showed biden's win, they were going to replace them or at the least attempted to. many of them have actually cooperated with the d.a.'s investigation. as i mentioned earlier, one of these fake electors, lieutenant governor burt jones, he is protected from the investigation, but several others, more than a dozen in fact, boris, are still involved, and many of them, and this is key, seem to have cooperated. >> still ahead on "cnn news central" -- hawaii expecting the death toll to keep rising after those devastating wildfires on maui as the state launches a formal review of its emergency respon

authorities releasing giuliani's mug shot alongside several others, including former georgia gop chair david shafer and former trump attorney sidney powell and john eastman, who is accused of designing and pushing a legal strategy in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results confident. >> the law is faithfully applied in this proceeding, all of my co-defendants and will be fully vindicated. each defendant listed in the georgia election case was given until this friday to surrender to fulton county authorities. >> this week, former white house chief of staff mark meadows and trump justice department official jeffrey clark. >> asked a judge to block their arrest in fulton county as their legal teams attempt to move the case to federal court, hoping to avoid that friday booking deadline. a georgia judge on wednesday denied that request. >> coming up, an activist group is taking matters into their own hands after a 4 year-old was killed at a busy san francisco intersection. plus taxi and rideshare drivers calling regulators to stop the expansion of robo taxis who they want to holding responsible

the david shafer's court filing also uses that exact same language. quote, at the direction, and quote, of donald trump. after judge yesterday approved the speedy trial date proposed by the district attorney willis of october 23rd, for feet kenneth chesebro, one of the key architects behind the fake elector plot, another one of donald trump's in -- is seeking a speedy trial. today, for sidney powell, father request for a speedy trial that would also likely take place within the same timeframe before the end of this year. ahead of the hearing on monday, former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, is responding to district attorney willis saying that she is wrong when she argues that he, mark meadows, violated the hatch act in his actions to try to interfere with the georgia 2020 election. in his filing, his lawyers argue, quote, while the states characterization of mr. meadows's conduct and official duties are largely a relevant, at the removal stage, they are also wrong. creating an election or politics exemption to removal and official immunity

and mark meadows and two others -- jeffrey clark and david schaffer -- so, a gop official, is david shafer, who is one of the fake electors. jeffrey clark was a justice department official in the government iteration, and then mark meadows, obviously, the chief of staff -- they are all trying to get this out of the turf that the da, fani willis, wants this case to be on, and get it before a federal judge, potentially a judge that would be appointed by donald trump in a venue that has a little bit of a different for seagulls structure, and also could be a trump appointee -- has just a little bit different plan and approach -- no cameras in federal court either, like they have in state court -- and right now there is a standoff between what mark meadows is asking for and what the da wants to do. the da ones mark meadows to play on their terms, and essentially come, and have the bond processed, take place, like the others, like trump, and then be a rested come in through the jail -- mark meadows says, no. we are getting this case in federal court and that is where it is now, based on what we

authorities releasing giuliani's mug shot alongside several others, including former georgia gop chair david shaferstman, who is accused of designing and pushing a legal strategy in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results confident. >> the law is faithfully applied in this proceeding, all of my co-defendants and will be fully vindicated. each defendant listed in the georgia election case was given until this friday to surrender to fulton county authorities. >> this week, former white house chief of staff mark meadows and trump justice department official jeffrey clark. >> asked a judge to block their arrest in fulton county as their legal teams attempt to move the case to federal court, hoping to avoid that friday booking deadline. a georgia judge on wednesday denied that request. >> a 52 is the time coming up on the kron. 4 morning news. mosquitos and birds are testing positive for west nile virus. we're going to take a look at how >> county crews are trying to stop the spread. that's coming up. >> 8.54 right now. you want to do the san francisco animal care and control shelter has lots.

early wednesday, former georgia gop chairman david shafer and former coffee county gop chair kathy lathamned themselves in, while republican poll watcher scott hall and trump's former attorney, john eastman, surrendered on tuesday. eastman says he has no regrets. the president called and asked for representation. and i think every citizen in my position should be willing to stand up. we've got representation. mr. trump plans to surrender to authorities on thursday. he's expected to be fingerprinted and pose for a mugshot. he'll be released from custody under an agreed upon set of conditions that includes not intimidating co-defendants or witnesses. the judge essentially says if you if you say anything i don't like about this current case, you could go to jail potentially. and a first for mr. trump's criminal proceedings. a state judge ruled that cameras will be allowed in the courtroom for his arraignment. but in atlanta, rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news. the stage is set for tonight's republican debate in milwaukee as the candidates are looking to make their mark with voters. doug luza

giuliani, including mark meadows and including a number of local officials here in georgia like david shaferairman of the republican party here. so that's how she's presenting this case going ahead. and again, there's going to be a number of court challenges to this. when you have 19 defendants, that also means you have a lot of legal teams looking to punch holes in the case. the district attorney is trying to make. so we're going to see how that plays out, jessica. >> and sara, what happens, do we know yet, when trump ultimately turns himself in down in georgia. how might that play out? >> yeah. it's going to be probably different for donald trump than it is for other defendants because he is the former president of the united states. we've heard from the local sheriff here previously who says he wants to keep this process as similar as it is for other defendants where you would get a mugshot or you would get fingerprinted. normally defendants here turn themselves in to the fulton county jail. but again, now that we're in this position where donald trump has officially been indicted the she

in georgia, former georgia state senator david shafer and former coffee county republican chair kathy latham surrender at the fulton county jail. schaefer was among the republicans who signed documents claiming to be a presidential elector for trump. latham is charged in connection with the illegal access of voting machines and ballots in coffee county. now donald trump's former attorney, john eastman, turned himself in yesterday. the 41 count indictment against eastman accuses him of lead the push for state lawmakers to disregard joe biden's win in georgia. so alternate electors could falsify certify, falsely certify trump as the state's winner. prosecute others say he also pushed for then vice president mike pence to reject or delay the counting of legitimate electoral votes for biden. these are charges eastman vowed to fight moments after being booked into the fulton county jail being released on a $100,000 bond. my legal team and i will vigorously contest every count of the indictment in which i have been named. now, republican poll watchers scott hall also turned himself in. he's

early this morning, david shafer and kathy latham surrendered to authorities.of the plot, attorney john eastman, was also pookd in fulton county. his lawyers said it took around an hour and half to go through for the process. also booked yesterday was atlanta bondsman hall, his bond was set at $10,000. several others are also expected to surrender today including former trump campaign senior legal adviser jenna ellis. her bond will be set at $100,000. >> willie, just looking at this case in georgia, it's fascinating just the context of how it's framed, in states republican leaders going they're going county chairs, bail bondsmen, they're going after the little people. you won't get any of that in georgia for the georgia republican party because the head of the georgia republican party the governor of the state of georgia, came out after the election, came out after donald trump said he was going to hold a press conference talking about how corrupt georgia elections were, came out very strong pushback against donald trump, they're telling the truth about all the

david shafer, the head of the georgia gop, who allegedly helped coordinate this meeting, as well as states there when sullivan stricter, a data company hired by sidney powell, came into the election offer to copy data. what is different, these folks are activists, not national level figures. they're not as wealthy. they don't have the connections that somebody like donald trump has. so it could be in their interest to try to cut a deal. at the same time, some of these folks are true believers in terms of this election was stolen, so maybe they want to have their case heard. i wouldn't go so far to say they flipped at this point, but that is certainly an avenue to watch. they've deployed a really unique legal theory by saying they were acting as federal officials in georgia, even though they are not federal officials. they said by serving as alternate electors, they were federal officials under the electoral count act. >> tamar, i mean, another indication, the fact these are not all super wealthy people with very good connections is that one of them is actually in jail at the moment becaus